MSI Mold Builders gets ISO certification, adds equipment

12/07/2010

Mold manufacturing is picking up, particularly in specific niches such as molds for very large parts. MSI Mold Builders, a leading manufacturer of injection and blow molds for thermoplastic parts for a variety of industries, is seeing an increasing level and has recently received its ISO 9001:2008 certification. The company, which has facilities in Cedar Rapids, IA and Greenville, SC, has long been active in lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and 5S processes.

“We’re a very process-driven organization, and achieving our ISO certification helped us better document our processes,” says Toby Bral, MSI’s quality manager. “While we’ve always had a formal process with respect to our design and manufacturing, the ISO certification helps us maintain and improve our systems with formal internal audits and corrective actions. Plus, we’ve honed our processes by adding complete traceability to make it easier to back-track the steps and get to the root cause of a problem.” Bral also notes that many of MSI’s customers, particularly those in the heavy truck industry, require their suppliers to be ISO certified....Read morewww.k-online.com

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